Do we publish what we present? Analysis of publications derived from SEMICYUC congresses

To determine what proportion of oral presentations from congresses of the Spanish Society of Intensive care Medicine, Critical care, and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) are subsequently published in scientific journals.

Observational descriptive study based on the analysis of oral presentations accepted at SEMICYUC congresses every other year from 2013 to 2021, both inclusive.

National SEMICYUC congresses.

Abstracts of oral presentations accepted at SEMICYUC congresses every other year from 2013 to 2021.

The proportion of published oral presentations is the main outcome. Other outcome measures are time to publication, intensive care subspecialty, journal impact factor and quartile, methodological and design characteristics and funding.

A total of 250 oral presentations were analyzed of which 81 (32.4%) resulted in a publication. "Infection" category had the highest number of oral presentations (64 presentations) and the highest number of published studies (30 publications). Randomized clinical trials (66.7%) and quasi-experimental studies (62.5%) result in the highest publication rates (p=0,015). The average journal impact factor is 5.8 (range: 1.2-44.4).

Most abstracts presented as oral presentations at SEMICYUC congresses do not reach publication. Although only 32.4% of these are published, they appear in journals with an average impact factor of 5.8.